Author Archive: Retro

Three husbands receive letters from a recently deceased playboy, implicating their wives in extramarital affairs with him. Dir. Irving Reis.

A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag’s old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Directed by Anthony Mann. Lavish and exciting historical epic about the quest for a book containing important information sought by both peasants and aristocrats during the French Revolution. Aka “Reign of Terror.”

Dir. Fellini. Il Bidone is the story of an old and tired con man, who one day, when it’s too late, finds himself transformed after he’s gone through a redemption of sorts. One of Fellini’s least seen films.

Swords and Sandals epic. Zorro meets Baron Scarpia in 18th century Naples. Replete with revolution, a Zorro-like hero, a villainous Baron Scarpia of a police chief, and a duel-to-death at the end.

After his mother’s death a boxer receives an injury to his arm which heals improperly, forcing him to retire and become a nightclub bouncer.

A mobster relocates to a new town to continue his schemes, and begins by turning public sentiment against the local District Attorney.

Mistreated daughters abandon their family because of lack of attention.